Guy hook for mounting on utility line poles

ABSTRACT

A GUY AND STRAND HOOK FOR MOUNTING ON UTILITY LINE POLES WHEREIN THE WIDTH OF THE UPWARDLY LOOP-RETAINING PORTION IS THE SAME AS THE WIDTHS OF THE UPPER HUB PORTION AND INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND WHERE THE REAR CORNERS OF THE TOP OF THE LOOP-RETAINING PORTION PROJECT OVER THE FORWARDLY DIVERGING ENDS OF THE GROOVE FOR THE LOOP TO RESTRAIN UPWARD MOVEMENT OF A LOOP SEATED THEREIN WHILE PERMITTING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE LOOP FROM SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DOWNWARDLY TO WELL ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL.

Feb; 2, 1971 o.'R. HUGGINS 3,559,250

' GUYJ'l OOK FOR MOUNTING 0N UTILITY LINE POLES Filed June 23, 1969INVENTOR OWEN R. HUGGINS ATTORNEYS Unitcd States Patent 3,559,250 GUYHOOK FOR MOUNTING ON UTILITY LINE POLES Owen R. Huggins, 136 West Ave.,Darien, Conn. 06820 Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 655,160,July 21, 1967. This application June 23, 1969, Ser. No. 835,590

Int. Cl. B63b 21/04; F16g 11/06 US. Cl. 24-115 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE This application is a continuation-in-part of applicationSer. No. 655,160, filed July 21, 1967 and now abandoned.

The present invention relates to a guy hook for attachment to utilityline poles or the like, more particularly to the loop-retaining portionof the top side of such a guy hook.

Previous guy hook structures have comprised an upper hub portion with ahorizontal passage wherein a throughbolt is inserted to retain the guyhook to the pole. A loopretaining structure comprising a hook is formedon the top of the upper hub portion. The hook portion of such priorstructures usually have included a groove into which the cable loop isseated and laterally projecting structures have been provided on theloop-retaining portion above the groove to restrain upward movement ofthe seated loop. The laterally extending portions are generally in theshape of a T when looking at the front face of the guy hook. While theseT-shaped laterally projecting arms have generally functionedsatisfactorily in restraining upward movement of the loop, the arms aresusceptible to breakage during manufacture, particularly in thetumblingprocess used in cleaning the guy hooks. Since the iron from which theguy hook is formed is extremely brittle prior to malleabilizing, theprojecting arms are susceptible to break age throughout themanufacturing operations. This breakage adds considerably to scrap lossand to the costs of such guy hooks. Since the projecting arms extendoutwardly some distance from the body of the guy hook, considerable caremust be employed in positioning the cable loop over these T-shaped armsand into the loop-retaining structure.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a guy hookhaving an improved loop-retaining configuration for mounting on utilityline poles or the like.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a simplifiedloop-retaining structure for a guy hook wherein the structure does notproject outwardly of the outline of the hook but effectively restrainsthe loop from upward escape while allowing said guy or strand to risewell above the horizontal for uphill work.

Patented Feb. 2., 1971 In one aspect of the invention, the guy hook maycomprise a body which is normally disposed in a vertical position whenmounted on a pole with the body having an upper hub portion and a lowerheel portion interconnected by an intermediate portion. The upper hubportion has a rear pole-engaging surface and an opposed forward bearingsurface with a horizontally extending bolt passage through the upper hubportion between said opposed surfaces. The bolt passage is provided witha bearing surface which is engagable with a bolt received therein. Thebolt bearing surfaces are substantially horizontal with one surfacebeing on the upper side of the bolt passage adjacent the rearpole-engaging surface and the second bolt bearing surface being on thelower side of the bolt passage adjacent the forward bearing surface.Mounted on the upper side of the hub portion is a loop-retainingstructure which includes a substantially horizontal groove, with thegroove opening rearwardly and the outer ends of the groove divergingtoward the forward face of the hub portion so that the rear corners ofthe top of the loop-retaining means project over the outer ends of thegroove. The outer ends of the groove flare vertically to enable a seatedloop to be pivoted vertically with respect to the guy hook. The widthsof the loop-retaining structure, the hub portion and the intermediateportion are all equal with the top of the loop-retaining structure beingsubstantially rectangular in shape.

In a further aspect, the upward escapement of the guy loop may befurther inhibited by provision of a guard extension adjacent andrearwardly of the groove.

Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent from the following description and drawings which are merelyexemplary.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a guy hook according to theinvention;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a guy hook of FIG. 1 with the lowerportion cut away;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the upper portion ofthe guy hook;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the guy hook with a cable loop indicated indot-dash lines;

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the lower portion of the guy hookand the pole upon which the guy hook is mounted and showing the cableseated in the loop-retaining structure;

FIG. 6 is similar to FIG. 4 except that it is a modification thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a modification of the inven- 'tion; and

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary view of FIG. 7.

In the drawings, like reference symbols indicate the same parts. Withparticular reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the guy hook according to thepresent invention is generally indicated at 1 and is preferably formedof malleable or ductile cast iron. The hook comprises a body 2 having anupper hub portion 3 and a lower heel portion 4 interconnected by anintermediate portion 5. The intermediate portion 5 is generallychannel-shaped at its rearward side to define a rearwardly facing cavity6. The front wall of the intermediate portion is indicated at 7 andinclines downwardly as is seen in FIG. 2.

The upper hub portion 3 has a forward bearing surface 8 and a rearpole-engaging surface 9. There is a through bolt receiving passage 10 inthe upper hub portion 3 interconnecting the surfaces 8 and 9. The bolt"passage is substantially horizontal with respect to the normal verticalposition of the guy hook and includes bearing surface means 11 which iscomposed of a V- shaped notch. Bearing surface 11 is adjacent the rearpole-engaging surface 9 and positioned in the upper portion of the boltpassage :10. Surface 12 is adjacent the forward bearing surface =8 andin the lower portion of bolt portion of bolt passage 10, surface 12being spaced from the bolt and not being a bearing surface. The bearingsurface 11 bears against a bolt 13 as may be seen in FIG. 5. The bolt 13has a retaining nut 14.

On the pole-engaging surface of the heel portion 4 there is provided acentral tooth-like rib or projection 15 adapted to dig into the poleupon securing the guy hook to the pole as may be seen in FIG. 5. Theheel portion is further provided with a number of spurs 16 for thepurpose of digging into the pole to increase the resistance of the guyhook to down-sliding under the action of the cable loop 17 as shown inFIG. 5.

A loop-retaining structure 18 is formed on the upper side of the upperhub portion 3 as may be seen in FIGS. 1 to 3. The width of theloop-retaining structure 18 (FIG. 1) is the same as the widths of theupper hub portion 3 and intermediate portion 5. In one form (FIG. 4),the shape of the structure 18 is substantially rectangular.

The loop-retaining structure 18 comprises a substantially horizontalgroove 19 formed in its rear face with the groove opening rearwardly.The ends 20 and 21 of the groove 19 (FIG. 4) diverge in circular fashiontoward the forward face of the guy hook so that the rear corners 22 ofloop-retaining structure 18 project over the groove ends. Further, theends 20 and 21 of groove 19 are flared vertically as can be seen in FIG.2. As also seen in FIG. 2, the rear face 23 of loop-retaining structure18 is set back from the pole-engaging surface 19 of the upper hubportion to permit a cable loop to be positioned into the groove :19 asshown in FIG. 5.

In use, the guy hook is mounted in a substantially vertical position ona pole 24 in the manner shown in FIG. 5 and is retained in position bymeans of throughbolt 13 passed through bore 25 in the pole. The nut 14is tightened so that the ribs and projections 15 and 16 become embeddedin the pole to firmly secure the guy hook to the pole.

The cable loop is generally attached to the guy hook of the invention bypassing one leg of the loop between the rear surface 23 of theloop-retaining structure and the pole, and then pivoting the loopapproximately 90 toward a position where the cable is substantiallyparallel to the through-bolt, the loop then resting in the groove orsaddle provided therefor.

The loop 17 of a guy cable is then positioned over the guy hook and aload is placed thereon by tightening the guy cable. The loop as seatedin groove 19 passes under projecting corners 22 of the loop-retainingstructure 18 so that any upward movement of the positioned loop isrestrained by these corners. However, because of the vertically flaringconfiguration of the ends of the groove,

the loop may be pivoted in a vertical plane to approximately theposition 26 as indicated by the phantom lines in FIG. 5.

The dimensional range of cable loops that can be accommodated on aparticular guy hook can be increased by curving the rear face 23 of theloop-retaining structure above the groove 19 as at 30 of FIG. 6 towardthe pole while allowing sufficient space to slide the loop between thepole and the loop-retaining structure. Alternatively, the width of thepole-engaging surface of the guy hook can be made wider (not shown) thanits forward face so that the loop-retaining structure when lookingdownwardly thereon as in FIG. 4 or 6 would have its ends divergingtoward the pole. In either event, there would be no transverselyextending projections or arms for retaining the loop against upwardmovement.

'- Thus, it' is apparent that the guy hook of the present inventioneffectively restrains the cable loop from any upward movement whichcould result in escape of the loop from the guy hook duringinstallation, use or accident. This restraint against vertical or upwardmovement is accomplished by extending the rear face of the loopretainingstructure above the groove or saddle rearwardly to a point sufficientlyclose to the pole to permit sliding the loop into the groove but closeenough to the pole so that when the loop is swung to a position parallelto the through-bolt, the loop cannot be moved rearwardly sufiicientlyfar to pass upwardly past the projecting rear corners of theloop-retaining structure. These rear corners are of the same width asthe major corresponding portion of the body of the guy hook so thatthere are no transversely projecting arms on the guy hook.

Referring to FIG. 7, the hub portion has a groove 40 similar to groove19 of FIGS. 1, 2. An upward extension 41 faces the groove 40 and servesto further hold a guy loop from backward movement and escapement. Theform of FIGS. 7 and 8 has a single rib 42 and single projections 43 and44. By such a construction, it is possible to cast the same by havingthe parting line at 45.

It is to be understood that changes in various details of constructionand arrangement of parts can be made without departing from the spiritof the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A guy hook for mounting on a utility line pole and the like,comprising a body normally disposed vertically when mounted on a poleand having an upper hub portion and a lower heel portion interconnectedto each other, said upper hub portion having a rear pole-engagingsurface and a forward bearing surface, there being a horizontallyextending bolt passage through said upper hub portion opening in saidrear pole-engaging surface and said forward bearing surface, bearingsurface means within said bolt passage engagable with a bolt receivedtherethrough, and means on the upper side of said hub portion forretaining a loop with the plane defined by said loop being transverse tothe vertical axis of the guy hook, the widths of said loop-retainingmeans not being substantially greater than the width of said hubportion, said loop-retaining means including a substantially horizontalgroove in the rear face thereof with said groove opening rearwardly, theinner surface of said groove being less than the width of saidloop-retaining means with the outer ends of said groove inner surfacediverging toward the forward face of said hub portion, the rear face ofthe loop-retaining structure above the groove or saddle being extendedrearwardly to a point sufficiently close to the pole to permit slidingthe loop into the groove but close enough to the pole so that when theloop is swung to a position parallel to the through-bolt, the loopcannot be moved rearwardly sufiiciently far to pass upwardly past theprojecting rear corners of the loop-retaining structure.

2. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein there is a single intermediateportion connecting said lower heel portion and said upper hub portion.

3. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein the rear corners of the top of saidloop-retaining means extend over said outer ends of said groove torestrain upward movement of the loops seated in said groove.

4. A guy'hook as in claim 3 wherein said top of the loop-retaining meansis substantially rectangular in shape.

5. A guyhook as in claim 1 with the outer ends of said groove flaringvertically to enable a seated loop to be pivoted vertically with respectto the mounted guy hook.

6. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein said bolt bearing surfaces aresubstantially horizontal.

7. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein a first of said bolt bearing surfacemeans is on the upper side of said bolt passage adjacent the rearpole-engaging surface.

8. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein a second of said bolt bearingsurface means is on the lower side of said bolt passage adjacent theforward bearing surface.

5 6 9. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein the top of the 2,994,293 8/ 1961Frenck 114-218 loop-retaining means is curved relative to the line pole.2,901,798 9/ 1959 Jenne 241 15.10

10. A guy hook as in claim 1 wherein the upper portion FOREIGN PATENTSextends upwardly at the pole-engagmg surface and 1s spaced from themeans for retaining a lo 5 891,723 3/ 1962 Great Blltaln 114-218References Cited DONALD A. GRIFFIN, Primary Examiner UNITED STATESPATENTS CL 2,011,532 8/1935 Wanser 114-218 114-218 2,983,010 5/1961Huggins 24-11110 l0

